Yearbooks, East Baton Rogue Parish (La.), City of Baker School System, School yearbooks

Baker High School was established in the early 1900s (possibly 1914) as part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. The school was orginially housed in an old framed house but a brick building was erected in 1923 which held eleven grades....

Born as Pearl Brown in Baton Rouge on October 24, 1934, her father left the family when she was 9 years old and she and her three siblings were raised by their mother Florence. Instilled with self sufficiency and personal pride, George went on to...

Born as Pearl Brown in Baton Rouge on October 24, 1934, her father left the family when she was 9 years old and she and her three siblings were raised by their mother Florence. Instilled with self sufficiency and personal pride, George went on to...

Covers history of the club, current officers, information about community club organization's participation in the council, the Sears Foundation Fund, and a letter from Dr. Clara Tucker, President of the Civic Beautification Council of Clubs.

Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...

Governor John McKeithen signs a proclamation making November Muscular Dystrophy month in Louisiana. With him are Terry Ryan age 6, Mrs. Maude Romain, first vice president of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Henry...

Henson Moore (b. October 4, 1939). Republican representative of the 6th Congressional District from 1975-1987. Served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989-1992 and Deputy Chief of Staff for President George H.W. Bush in...